Overview

This course will introduce you to the fundamentals of service design and how it is evolving to drive change within government, public and social sectors.

Service Design is a human-centred process that takes into account how all parts of a service work together to meet not just the needs of the people that use it but also the organisations that deliver it. It’s much more than post-it notes and high fives. It gets to the root of systemic and complex problems and provides the tools and methods to deliver and drive sustainable change.

Duration

The course is split over 2 days consisting of 2 x 3.5 hours facilitated learning sessions and 1 hour of content to consume at your own pace. 

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday 10th April & Wednesday 1st May 2024

We can also run a version for companies with groups of up to 25 and tailor the content for you. Contact training@wearesnook.com to chat.

Topics

This practical introduction to service design allows you to learn by doing, supported through real world experience and case studies.

Building on examples from over a decade of Snook’s experience designing and implementing services with clients, course modules will include:

  • Introduction to service design
  • User needs for service development
  • Inclusive and diverse user research
  • Service blueprinting
  • Journey mapping
  • Defining user groups and scenario mapping
  • Service proposition development
  • Prototyping services

Who is this course for?

Those looking to move into service design or combine it with other disciplines.

Those who work closely with service designers as part of their roles (for example business analysts and service improvement teams).

Client teams who want to understand service design better so they get the most out of working with service designers.

What software or tools do you need?

The course is run remotely via Zoom. Bring pen and paper for sketching or taking notes. 

The training material will be sent to you afterwards. 

Who will you learn with?

Dr Val Mitchell

As Snook’s academic training lead, Val helps design and deliver learning sessions for clients and Snook staff. Val is an experienced design researcher and is on partial secondment from Loughborough University where she leads the User Experience and Service Design Masters programme. 

Olivia Holbrook

Olivia is a Senior Service Designer and training lead here at Snook. She’s passionate about human-centred design and its potential to combine innovation, creativity and culture.   Olivia’s interest and passion lies in doing service design in public and third sectors and she has a range of experience in design, from discovery through to delivery as well as training.

What do people say about this course?

“A fabulously thought-provoking session, working with a curious group of thinkers and questioners to learn some of the tools of Service Design. The Snook team provided a thoroughly engaging and participatory workshop, bringing together diverse thinkers to collaborate on a live brief”

Imogen Aylwin, Design Researcher & Podcast Host at Headway



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